Galileo by J. L Heilbron(
Book
)23
editions published
between
2010
and
2013
in
3
languages
and held by
2,861 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Heilbron takes in the landscape of culture, learning, religion, science, theology, and politics of late Renaissance Italy
to produce a richer and more rounded view of Galileo, his scientific thinking, and the company he kept

The Oxford companion to the history of modern science by J. L Heilbron(
Book
)27
editions published
between
2003
and
2014
in
English and Japanese
and held by
1,634 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Publisher's description: The Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science is a one-volume encyclopedia offering an excellent
overview of the field of science and its development over the past few generations, ranging from biographies on Galileo and
Dorothy Hodgkin to the discussions chronicling the change of science from simply a tool of learning to a major force in society.
Along with chemistry, physics, and biology, the major scientific disciplines are represented in this alphabetically arranged
work including astrology, ethnology, and zoology, among many others. The coverage is not limited to just one geographical
area but is world-wide, tracing science from its traditional centres and explaining how non-western societies have modified
and contributed to its global arena

The sun in the Church : cathedrals as solar observatories by J. L Heilbron(
Book
)32
editions published
between
1999
and
2003
in
English and French
and held by
1,323 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"Through much of the Scientific Revolution, between 1650 and 1750, Catholic churches were the best solar observatories in
the world. Constructed initially to solve the pressing problem of providing an unquestionable date for Easter, the instruments
that made the churches' observatories also threw light on the disputed geometry of the solar system." "A tale of politically
canny astronomers and cardinals with a taste for mathematics, The Sun in the Church explains the unlikely accomplishments
of the Church-sponsored observers. It engagingly describes Galileo's political overreaching, his subsequent trial for heresy,
and his slow and steady rehabilitation in the eyes of the Catholic Church. Despite the Church's prohibition against advocating
sun-centered astronomy, Italian clerics managed to teach and advance it. Heilbron describes, with dry wit, the diplomatic
discretion on all sides that allowed them to do so."--Jacket

Physics : a short history, from quintessence to quarks by J. L Heilbron(
Book
)12
editions published
between
2015
and
2016
in
English
and held by
1,148 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"How does the physics we know today-- a highly professionalized enterprise, inextricably linked to government and industry--
link back to its origins as a liberal art in ancient Greece? What is the path that leads from the old philosophy of nature
and its concern with humankind's place in the universe to modern massive international projects that hunt down fundamental
particles and industrial laboratories that manufacture marvels? John Heilbron's fascinating history of physics introduces
us to Islamic astronomers and mathematicians, calculating the size of the earth whilst their caliphs conquered much of it;
to medieval scholar-theologians investigating light; to Galileo, Copernicus, Kepler, and Newton, measuring, and trying to
explain, the universe. We visit the 'House of Wisdom' in 9th-century Baghdad; Europe's first universities; the courts of the
Renaissance; the Scientific Revolution and the academies of the 18th century; the increasingly specialized world of 20th and
21st century science. Highlighting the shifting relationship between physics, philosophy, mathematics, and technology-- and
the implications for humankind's self-understanding-- Heilbron explores the changing place and purpose of physics in the cultures
and societies that have nurtured it over the centuries"--

The dilemmas of an upright man : Max Planck as spokesman for German science by J. L Heilbron(
Book
)24
editions published
between
1986
and
2000
in
3
languages
and held by
934 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Max Planck came to prominence after proposing the quantum idea in 1900 and rose steadily to the forefront of scientific leadership
in Germany, which retained its lead in science especially in physics, chemistry, and mathematics during the first several
decades of the 20th century. A close colleague of Einstein and most major continental scientists of his period, Planck fought
a losing battle against overwhelming odds by defying the Nazi regime. Heilbron's biography carefully details the life of this
courageous, humane, and brilliant scientist

Ernest Rutherford : and the explosion of atoms by J. L Heilbron(
)10
editions published
between
2003
and
2006
in
English
and held by
781 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
A biography of the scientist considered to be the father of nuclear physics for his development of the nuclear theory of the
atom in 1911 and discovery of alpha and beta rays and protons

Love, literature, and the quantum atom : Niels Bohr's 1913 trilogy revisited by Finn Aaserud(
)11
editions published
in
2013
in
English
and held by
542 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
This title presents unpublished excerpts from extensive correspondence between Niels Bohr and his immediate family, and uses
it to describe and analyze the psychological and cultural background to his invention of the quantum theory of the atom

The Oxford guide to the history of physics and astronomy by J. L Heilbron(
Book
)9
editions published
in
2005
in
English
and held by
465 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"Encompassing more than 200 alphabetically arranged entries, The Oxford Guide to the History of Physics and Astronomy traces
the evolution of these bodies of knowledge as well as planetary science from the Renaissance to the beginning of the twenty-first
century. For students, teachers, scientists, and readers of popular science books, the Guide deciphers the techniques and
philosophies of physics and astronomy as well as the historical periods from which they emerged. Inside are Galileo's falling
bodies, Newton's world system, pulsars and quasars, and proper quanta of other topics as illuminating as Light, as absorbing
as Black Holes, and as expansive as the Theory of Everything. Biographies of leading contributors to natural knowledge, arranged
where appropriate in pairs as in Plutarch's Lives, connect the personal with the general development of scientific ideas and
the wider course of discovery." "The entries follow an elaborate organizational plan, which amounts to a new classification
of knowledge, its institutional settings, and its applications. This plan is reprinted in the opening pages of the Guide."
"Thoroughly cross-referenced, and accented with attractive black and white artwork, no other source is as systematic and authoritative
or as informative and inviting in its coverage of physics, astronomy and planetary science."--Jacket

Elements of early modern physics by J. L Heilbron(
Book
)13
editions published
between
1981
and
1984
in
English and Italian
and held by
379 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide

The dilemmas of an upright man : Max Planck and the fortunes of German science by J. L Heilbron(
Book
)8
editions published
between
1996
and
2000
in
English
and held by
182 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"In this portrait, John Heilbron describes how the founder of quantum theory rose to the pinnacle of German Science. With
great understanding, he shows how Max Planck suffered morally and intellectually as his life-long habit of service to his
country and to physics was confronted by the realities of World War I and the brutalities of the Third Reich. In an afterword
written for this edition, he weighs the recurring questions among historians and scientists about the costs to others, and
to Planck himself, of the painful choices he faced in attempting to build an "ark" to carry science and scientists through
the storms of Naziism."--Jacket